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Visus [graphic] / Crispian van de Pass inuent., sculpsit et excudit.

Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, printmaker.; Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, artist.; Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, publisher.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box P281 no.3

Title
Visus [graphic] / Crispian van de Pass inuent., sculpsit et excudit.
Variant title
Hollstein set title: Five senses
Created/published
[Cologne, Germany] : [Crispijn van de Passe], [late 16th or early 17th century]
Description
1 print : engraving ; image 164 x 225 mm
Associated name
Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, printmaker.
Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, artist.
Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
A seated woman gazes into a mirror while an eagle perched beside her looks on. Two masks and a pair of glasses lie on the ground at her feet. In the distance to her right is an outdoor stage with four performers on it and a small crowd gathered below. Another group of people are dancing further behind the stage.
Note
Date range based on the years Passe lived in Cologne (1589-1611, see Oxford art online).

'3' inscribed in plate in upper left corner of image.

Two columns of Latin text inscribed in plate beneath image.

Plate represents the months of May, June and July (see Hollstein).
Exhibited
Exhibited: Women in the Renaissance, Folger Shakespeare Library, September 26, 1989-February 17, 1990.
Cited/described in
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, vol. XV, p. 191, no. 513
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box P281 no.3
Genre/form
Emblems (allegorical pictures)
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Cologne.

Call number
ART Box P281 no.3 (size S)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed within platemark.
Folger accession
213073

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